Pod Chef

This week two out of the three amigos are here and they are joined by the theme song king and mango hunter himself, Jeff Ray (@jeffrayfilms). We read some reviews from our fans (we love our fans) and chat about Top Chef Season 21, Episode 7 - "Sausage Race" Top Chef talk starts at 31:45 Editor's note - I edited some stuff even though Jamal and Reaves didn't think I would, and the episode didn't come out on Wednesday like they joked... because it came out on Thursday. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week your three best friends deal with some chaos of their own before giving you the in-depth analysis you expect from on us on Top Chef Season 21, Episode 6 - "Chaos Cuisine". Top Chef talk starts at 33:00 Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Sorry for the delay! This week your best friends are joined by comedian, guy from Philly, and coach of some kind John Carroll. Jamal tried to replace Bryan and Reaves and we talked about Top Chef Season 21, Episode 5 - "Supper Club" Top Chef talk starts at 25:00 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week Reaves and Bryan are joined by our good friend Audrey Mattaino (Audrey's website) to discuss Top Chef Season 21, Episode 4 - "The Wright Way" as well as the usual shenanigans and monkey shines. Top Chef talk starts at 36:00 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Reaves had to miss the recording, but he sent us his recap of Top Chef Season 21, Episode 3 - "Takin it Cheesy" which we read word for word in his honor. Top Chef talk starts at 20:50 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week the three amigos are very funny all by themselves. We unveil our new theme song, come up with a great business idea, and take a shallow dive into Top Chef Season 21, Episode 2 - "Livin the High Life" Top Chef talk starts at 24:35 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week your three best friends are joined by their one best friend, Annie Barry (Bandit Theater), to crack open an all new season of Top Chef! Tom wrote a sketch, so we read it and then we talked about Top Chef Season 21, Episode 1 - "Chef's Test", some things never change. Top Chef talk starts at 36:30 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week your three best friends utilize their Top Chef expertise and extensive research to hold their Top Chef Season 21 Fantasy Draft. And then they talk about Top Chef Season 8, Episode 6 "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat" because that's what we get paid to do. NEW SEASON NEXT WEEK! Top Chef talk starts at 38:00 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

We've got all three amigos talking about the cooking show this week. The laughs are abundant, unlike the food served during Top Chef Season 8, Episode 5 - "Dim Sum Lose Sum". Top Chef talk starts at 31:00 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week Bryan and Jamal are joined by their good friend and filmmaker, Tony Lazzeroni (@bearded_comedy) to talk about Top Chef Season 8, Episode 4 - "Advantage Chef". Top Chef talk starts at 31:50 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesday sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week Bryan and Jamal watch the Top Chef Season 21 Trailer for the first time and give their live reactions. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesday sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week Bryan and Reaves see what it would be like to host solo and talk about Top Chef Season 8, Episode 3 - "New York's Finest". Top Chef talk starts at 26:21 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesday sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

The three amigos discuss Top Chef Season 8, Episode 2 "Night at the Museum".  Top Chef talk starts at 33:10 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday or Tuesday sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

New year, new season! Pretty cool how that worked out huh? To help us break off a brand new (old) season of Top Chef, we're joined by Rachel Gluckstern (DC Entertainment, SuperStarEditor). Rachel is a Top Chef superfan and real like Pod Chef fan (they exist!) and she was super excited to talk with us about Top Chef Season 8, Episode 1 - "History Never Repeats". We learn what an editor does and Tom shared with us a trailer for his latest adventure in film! Top Chef talk starts at 41:45 Chef out everything Rachel is up to at SuperStarEditor.com ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Ring in the new year with your three favorite food talk boys. We wrap up 2023, share our positive and negative New Year's resolutions, and finish Top Chef season 7 all in one episode, in just a little over an hour.  Top Chef talk starts at 36:10 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Three amigos?!? It’s a Christmas miracle! Reaves shares Tom’s latest creative endeavor and we talk about Top Chef Season 7 Finale Part 1. Top Chef talk starts at 32:20 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Bryan and Jamal get back to what they do best, talking about Top Chef. And this time they're talking about Top Chef Season 7, Episode 12 - "Gastro-nauts" Top Chef talk starts at 19:20 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

It's our annual Thanksgiving Holidays Special! So we're doing what we do every year (we think?) and that's discuss the new Alison Roman Thanksgiving episode of Home Movies. Top Chef talk never starts. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

All three amigos two weeks in a row?! WOW! To celebrate this momentous occasion, we talked about Top Chef Season 7, Episode 11 - "Making Concessions" Top Chef talk starts at 18:10 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

All three amigos are here and we're talking about Top Chef Season 7, Episode 10 "Covert Cuisine" Top Chef talk starts at 21:58 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Two amigos take a break from taking a break to talk to you about Top Chef Season 7, Episode 9 - "Restaurant Wars" Top Chef talk starts at 29:40 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

WE'RE BACK BABY! We took a few weeks off for... reasons, but fuck all that noise because we're back. However, It's just Bryan and Reaves, so it's a silly one. We talk about all the things you'd expect us to talk about and then we also talk about Top Chef Season 7, Episode 8 - "Foreign Affairs" like a crazy person would. Top Chef talk starts at 36:15 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

We brought back Bethany Stokes to help us finally get to the bottom of the pea puree stuff, and we did that by Googling: Top Chef Season 7, Episode 7 - "Power Lunch" pea puree who did it how to raise your testosterone naturally Top Chef talk starts at 42:12 Check out Bethany's sketch team - Bad Medicine Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/podchef and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week we're joined by comedian and top chef super fan, Bethany Stokes. We discuss our favorite DC restaurants, Bryan introduces a new segment, and we recap Top Chef Season 7, Episode 6 - "Cold War" Top Chef talk starts at 33:00 Check out Bethany's sketch team - Bad Medicine Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/podchef and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week we have some fun with Australian accents... which I think happens a lot, we learn what Jamal has been doing to support the WGA strikes, and of course we talk about Top Chef Season 7, Episode 5 - "Farm Policy". Top Chef talk starts at 22:00 Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/podchef and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week it's just the boys - lucky you! Reaves is coming to you live from the world's loudest thunderstorm, Jamal teaches us about Wafu, and we discuss Top Chef Season 7, Episode 4 - "Room Service" Top Chef talk starts at 26:00 Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/podchef and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Let's just get it out of the way, this is our longest episode. It's right around 90 minutes, so strap in. I cut some solid Subway talk to get a few minutes shorter, I probably should've cut more but... who's got the time. This week we're joined by our friend and previous guest, Melanie's, husband - Sean Paul Ellis (@seanpaulellis). Sean forces us to read some ad copy to help us get our numbers up and force him to talk about Top Chef Season 7, Episode 3 - "Capitol Grill". Top Chef talk starts at 44:15 Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/podchef and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Only two amigos this week, but still more Pod Chef than most men can handle. Bryan and Reaves chop it up, lay it down, and keep it tight all while talking about Top Chef Season 7, Episode 2 "Thinking Outside the Lunch Box" Top Chef talk starts at 32:45 Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/podchef and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week we're taking it all the way back to season 7 of Top Chef. That's right amigos, Top Chef DC! We're joined by our good friend, Top Chef fan, and mom - Melanie Harker (@melanie_gynne) who couldn't wait to talk about season 7, episode 1 - "House of Chef-presentatives". Lots of other great stuff happens too. Top Chef talk starts at 45:00 Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/podchef and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Live from Awesome Con 2023! The three amigos are joined by our good amigo, Shawn Westfall (@shawnwestfall), to talk Top Chef to a decreasing amount of people live in Washington DC!  Thank you to Steve from the Two Guys Into Fridays podcast for recording the episode! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

COME SEE US AT AWESOME CON! Friday, June 16th - 2:30PM EST!! We've reached the end of another season of Top Chef! Reaves shares a text conversation between him and Tom, Bryan and Reaves help Jamal pick his karaoke song, and we recap The Top Chef Season 20 Finale - Episode 14 "Fin" Top Chef talk starts at 32:15 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week we are once again joined by our good friend and actual top chef fan, Jeff Ray. Jamal and Jeff recap their barbecue adventure from the night before in Chefs I Prepared For You, we have moments of silence for Padma's announced departure from Top Chef, and we recap Top Chef Season 20, Episode 13 - "Champions in Paris". Top Chef talk starts at 40:00 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

It's Bryan's birthday so he and Jamal break down Top Chef Season 20, Episode 12 - "Goodbye, London".   Top Chef talk starts at 23:50 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week it's just the three amigos chopping it up and for that we are truly sorry. We also talked about Top Chef Season 20, Episode 11 "Battle of the Wellingtons". Top Chef talk starts at 36:00 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

BONUS EPISODE! For this bonus episode we're joined by the wonderful and talented Houstonite - Chef Evelyn Garcia from Top Chef Houston! Evelyn shares what it was like competing in her home town, what the chefs did to pass the time, details about her new restaurant - JŪN, and so much more! Check out what else Evelyn has going on at her website - https://www.chefevelyngarcia.com/ WE SOLD OUT! Be sure to head to https://blendjet.com/ and use the promo code "podchef12" to receive 12% off your order and free shipping! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week we're joined by comedian and Peloton comedian, Jared Moskowitz. Jared gives us some tips on how to get our social media numbers up, Jamal shares an email from Tom, and we discuss Top Chef Season 20, Episode 10 - "Thali Time". Top Chef talk starts at 41:10 Check out Jared's comedy show - Lemon Hands at Caveat NYC on June 2 - http://caveat.nyc/events/lemonade-6-2-2023 And follow him on the socials - TikTok - @pelotonjaredInstagram - @totallylegitjared WE SOLD OUT! Be sure to head to https://blendjet.com/ and use the promo code "podchef12" to receive 12% off your order and free shipping! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week your best friends are joined by gravestone chef extraordinaire, Rosie Grant, to help us break down Top Chef Season 20, Episode 9 - "Restaurant Wars". War, war never changes. Lots of other funny stuff happens, so check it out. Top Chef talk starts at 37:30 Check out Rosie's gravestone cooking adventures on the socials - @ghostly.archive WE SOLD OUT! Be sure to head to https://blendjet.com/ and use the promo code "podchef12" to receive 12% off your order and free shipping! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

**We had to reupload this episode because of some audio issues** This week we're back at FULL STRENGTH as Jamal has finally returned from Broadway and Reaves is back from being his understudy. We're also joined by Stacey Kulow (Buffy The Gilmore Slayer, Boogiemanja, Maude Night). Stacey wanted to talk with us about Top Chef Season 20, Episode 8 - "Street Food Fight", but first we made her help us figure out how to get our numbers up and learn to do a TikTok. Top Chef talk starts at 41:00 Check out Stacey's podcast Buffy the Gilmore SlayerAnd follow them on all the socials - @gilmoreslayer WE SOLD OUT! Be sure to head to https://blendjet.com/ and use the promo code "podchef12" to receive 12% off your order with free shipping! https://zen.ai/podchef12 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef LinksFollow us on Instagram and Twitter -@podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Jamal is back, but Reaves is gone... Can't seem to get all three amigos in the same room lately. Either way, Jamal is back from his time on Broadway and he couldn't wait to talk about Top Chef, so we talked about Top Chef Season 20, Episode 7 - "Hands Off" Top Chef talk starts at 22:00 WE SOLD OUT! Be sure to head to https://blendjet.com/ and use the promo code "podchef12" to receive 12% off your order and free shipping! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

For those of you who doubt that Pod Chef is the official Top Chef podcast, tell us how we got Chef Nick Wallace from Top Chef season 19 on the show...  That's right, in this special BONUS EPISODE we're not reviewing an episode of the show, but your best friends are in full force and we're joined by their newest best friend, Nick Wallace from Top Chef Houston. Nick talks to us about his time in Top Chef, what he's been up to since, sort of challenges Bryan to a dance off, and makes a lot of promises to us. WE SOLD OUT! Be sure to head to https://blendjet.com/ and use the promo code "podchef12" to receive 12% off your order and free shipping! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Still no Jamal, but two amigos is better than none! We also don't have a guest this week... it's just Bryan and Reaves chopping it up like only the Pod Chef boys can. We talk about Top Chef Season 20, Episode 6 - "Top Chef is No Picnic" and we do some other funny stuff like always. Top Chef talks starts at 28:00. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/Honking

This week your least favorite amigos (Bryan and Reaves) are joined by our good friend and hilarious human woman, Katy Berry (Baby Wants Candy, Diamond Goddess Crystal Pussy). Katy told us she'd only come on the podcast if we talk about Top Chef Season 20, Episode 5 "Holiday Vacation" so we did that for her and we did lots of other fun stuff with her as well. Top Chef talk starts at 37:30 Check out Katy's one woman show at the Magnet Theater on April 29th. Tickets here - https://magnettheater.com/show/57243/ Follow Katy on all the socials - @katyberrycomedy ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/Honking

WE ARE ONE WEEK AWAY FROM THE PREMIER OF TOP CHEF SEASON 18 - PORTLAND! And to complete our "filler" episodes while we wait for the new season, this week your three best friends did a live watch of the New Season "First Look" Video AND we picked our teams for Fantasy Top Chef! New season of Top Chef premiers April 1st! And Pod Chef will continue to drop every Monday! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan Jackson. Your First Look at Top Chef Portland! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YszYYd_0Eik Pod Chef: Fantasy Top Chef Draft - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14X8umrDjwNoorK1X4G7eQzUfJm-Ezen3_r_zDMQdmWk/edit?usp=sharing

This week your three best friends continue getting pumped for the new season of Top Chef starting on April 1 by breaking down all the new chef-testants competing in Portland for that coveted, sweet sweet Food and Wine Magazine feature and a little bit of CASH. We also hear about Jamal's new bundle of joy - his sous vide... congratulations and condolences.   ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan Jackson.

Ello Mate! This week your free best friends make a desperate attempt to lure people from the UK to listen to our podcast by watching Top Gear. Jamal told us British people love Top Gear and it's kind of the same title as Top Chef... so we watched Top Gear SERIES 9 Episode 3 - "USA Special." Apparently British people don't like Americans, but love cars and being offensive. Next week we'll be back talking Top Chef as we discuss the new season and rank all the contestants. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan Jackson.

The three amigos finish strong this week and discuss Top Chef season 2 - "Hawaii Finale Part 2". More importantly; they go over Bryan's report card from Tom, debate whether or not Marcel got boned, and Reaves FINALLY gets to do his Trump impression. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan Jackson.

This week your three best friends watched Top Chef Season Season 2, Episode 12 "Hawaii Finale Pt 1".  We didn't like this episode so we talk about a bunch of other stuff like whether or not helicopters should exist, who Bryan looks like, and Padma's first season hazing. We also talked about the episode a bit. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan Jackson.

Love is in the air this week on Pod Chef! This week the three amigos watched Top Chef S2, E11 - "Sense and Sensuality". We talk about our valentine's day plans, discuss the "incident", and figure out what Bryan's wife really sees in him. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan Jackson.

It's Restaurant Wars... kind of? This week your three best friends watched Top Chef Season 2, Episode 10 - "Unhappy Campers" and we need to give you our thoughts on why they don't want to call this episode restaurant wars. We think it's because both teams did very bad! Also Jamal shares his report card from Tom (will he get to go on the ski trip?) ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan Jackson.

What up feet freaks! This week your three best friends watched Top Chef - Season 2, Episode 9 - "Seven" which is confusing because it's episode 9... Jamal tells us about his surprise visit from Tom; and Bryan and Reaves grapple with the discomfort brought on by this bully-filled episode. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan Jackson.

This week your three best friends watched Top Chef Season 2, Episode 8 - "Holiday Spirit"! We learn about the awful time Reaves had on the ski trip, that Jamal is the friend you have to make excuses for, and that Bryan can make this podcast very sexy! WHAT! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! If you're wondering why this episode doesn't sound as good as other episodes, it's because Bryan tried to be Ginnie and was bad at it.

This week your three best friends watched Top Chef Season 2, Episode 7 - "The Raw and the Cooked" and we can't figure out if the title is supposed to be a pun or not. Also in this episode, we share Reaves' hosting report card from Tom. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! If you're wondering why this episode doesn't sound as good as other episodes, it's because Bryan tried to be Ginnie and was bad at it.

Well your three best friends had a bunch of technical issues while recording this week's episode but we freakin did it because you love us and we know you need that FIX, BABY!!! This week we watched Top Chef Season 2, Episode 6 "Thanksgiving". We have some fun talking about how we'd spice up Thanksgiving, try to figure out what a chocolate meltdown is, and Bryan incorrectly says that Seth Curry was on the Clippers because he confused him with Austin Rivers in his head because both of their dads played in the NBA SO DON'T CALL IT OUT BECAUSE I KNOW I MESSED UP! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! If you're wondering why this episode doesn't sound as good as other episodes, it's because Bryan tried to be Ginnie and was bad at it.

This week your three best friends watched Top Chef Season 2, Episode 5 - "Social Service." They talk about the Mandela effect, a bunch of other stuff, and are joined by Reverend Han Gary of the First Church of Food and Wine Magazine. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! If you're wondering why this episode doesn't sound as good as other episodes, it's because Bryan tried to be Ginnie and was bad at it.

This week the three amigos watched Top Chef Season 2, Episode 4 "Less is More." Bryan shares some stuff he learned in college in a police class and Jamal and Reaves prefer the British Office. ----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! If you're wondering why this episode doesn't sound as good as other episodes, it's because Bryan tried to be Ginnie and was bad at it.

This week your three best friends watched Top Chef - S02 E03 - "Food for the People". Bryan shares a story about a run in with the cops and Reaves unveils our brand new theme song! And for some reason we all ate thanksgiving type food before the show? ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! If you're wondering why this episode sounds better than the others, it's because Ginnie edited it. Thanks Ginnie!

We're fresh off of Thanksgiving and your three amigos are still hungry for Top Chef! This week your best friends on Pod Chef watched Top Chef Season 1, Episode 2 - "Eastern Promises" and have a lot of fun talking about how quickly Otto's teammates flip on him and reminiscing about the good old days.  ----more---- ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! If you're wondering why this episode doesn't sound as good as other episodes, it's because Bryan tried to be Ginnie and was bad at it.

Your three best friends are at it again... We watched Top Chef Season 2, Episode 1 - "Into the Fire". In this episode we discuss proper etiquette for showing someone your knife set and what exactly it means to use sexuality to your advantage in a cooking competition. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! If you're wondering why this episode doesn't sound as good as other episodes, it's because Bryan tried to be Ginnie and was bad at it.

Hey best friends! We took last week off to rebuild our strength, but to get you ready for season 2 - here's a little clip that was cut for time from the next episode... it was cut for time AND FOR NO OTHER REASON. STOP ASKING! Season 2, Episode 1 will be out Monday December 7th!  ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! If you're wondering why this episode doesn't sound as good as the last few episodes, it's because Bryan tried to be Ginnie and was bad at it.

Pod Chef victory lap! We watched the entire first season of Top Chef and did a freakin podcast about it. This week we talk about Top Chef Season 1, Episode 12 - Vegas Finale Part 2 and we're being... very funny while doing it. ----more---- ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! If you're wondering why this episode doesn't sound as good as the last few episodes, it's because Bryan tried to be Ginnie and was bad at it.

It's time for your weekly dose of Pod Chef! This week your three best friends watched TWO episodes of Top Chef Season 1. Episode 10 - Reunion and Episode 11 - Vegas Finale Part 1. Why? I don't know, not much happens in either episode and we needed stuff to talk about! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! If you're wondering why this episode sounds better than the other episodes, it's because Ginnie helped us with production! Thanks Ginnie!!

It's P-P-P-P-Pod Chef BABY! This week the three amigos do their best not to be too spooky while they talk about Top Chef Season 1, Episode 9 "Napa's Finest" ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! If you're wondering why this episode sounds better than the other episodes, it's because Ginnie helped us with production! Thanks Ginnie!!

Everybody POD CHEF tonight! Fresh off their life-changing interview with Harold Dierterle, your three best friends get back to doing what they do best - talking to each other about Top Chef. This week we watched Top Chef Season 1, Episode 8 "Wedding Bell Blues".----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! If you're wondering why this episode sounds better than the other episodes, it's because Ginnie helped us with production! Thanks Ginnie!!

Uh oh it's Pod Chef! Your three best friends welcome special guest and new best friend, Harold Dieterle, to the pod to talk about what it was like being in the first season of Top Chef and Restaurant Wars. Then we play the new game that's sweeping the nation - Send home, add foam, or de-bone!----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review!

Let's Pod Chef! In this episode of Pod Chef, your three best friends watch Top Chef Season 1, Episode 6 "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and Miguel does a doozy! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! If you're wondering why this episode sounds better than the other episodes, it's because Ginnie helped us with production! Thanks Ginnie!!

It's Pod Chef time! The three amigos continue being your best friends by watching Top Chef Season 1, Episode 5 - "Blind Confusion" and talking about it. ----more---- ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review!

Pod Chef keeps on rollin' with Episode 4 and Jamal is the host now! Your three best friends watch Top Chef Season 1, Episode 4 - "Food on the Fly" and try to figure out how these adult chefs have no idea how to use a microwave. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review!

It's episode 3 baby!  Your three best friends watched Top Chef season 1, episode 3 "Nasty Delights".  What did we think of it? We thought it was yucky! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday, rate us 5 stars, and let us know what you had for dinner last night!

Your three best friends - Bryan, Jamal, and Reaves - watch Top Chef season 1, episode 2 "Food of Love" and try to figure out which chef is the horniest. Spoiler alert - it's Miguel!  Subscribe for new episodes every Monday!

Season 1, Episode 1 - Your three new best friends, Bryan, Jamal, and Reaves, watch the first episode of Top Chef Season 1 San Francisco. And try to answer the question "Didja Trow Da Sauce Out?" Subscribe for weekly episodes every Monday!

First episode OFFICIALLY drops on Monday, September 14th! But here's a little amuse-bouche to get you excited about the whole meal! Pod Chef - The Official Top Chef Podcast (parody) is Bryan, Jamal, and Reaves.

Apologies up front for the lack of Jamal, but you still get two amigos and a fantastic returning guest - Monique Moses (Astronomy Club, Human Resources, A Black Lady Sketch Show). To thank Monique for taking time out of her busy LA lifestyle, we talked about Top Chef Season 20, Episode 4 "Spurred Lines". Follow Monique on social media - @nutellacartel ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week your best friends are joined by mango hunter and theme song producer, Jeff Ray. Jeff talks to us about our update theme song, mango hunting, and Top Chef Season 20, Episode 3 "Cheeky Pints and Pub Bites" Top Chef talk starts at 41:00 Follow Jeff's mango hunts at - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/ ----more----   Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week we started with only two amigos, but then were joined by our  amiga buena, Ginnie Seger (Cherry Swamp, Reaves' wife, Mother) after the break! She really wanted to talk about Top Chef Season 20, Episode 2 "Rice, Rice Baby" so we did it for her. AND Guess who's back, back again LAST CHANCE KITCHEN is back... tell a friend! Editor's note - I heard the part they wanted me to cut, but I left it in because they told me I wouldn't get to the part and I thought that was too funny to cut. Top Chef talk starts at 22:00. Check out The Cherry Swamp on instagram -https://www.instagram.com/thecherryswamp/ ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week your three best friends are joined by your fourth best friend, Annie Barry (Bandit Improv Theater), to help us crack open a fresh, brand new season of Top Chef! We have some fun talking about Creed 3 and then we get down to business and give you our thoughts on Top Chef Season 20, Episode 1 "London Calling" Top Chef talk starts around the 26 minute mark. Check out Annie's improv theater - Bandit Improv ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

In this special minisode, the three amigos prepare for Season 20 of Top Chef World All-Stars by drafting their TC Fantasy Teams. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week your three amigos do a live reaction to the Top Chef Season 20 trailer. The all new season of Top Chef starts next week! We'll also be dropping a BONUS episode later this week with our Top Chef fantasy draft. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

On this week's Pod Chef we're joined by our good friend and thespian, Caroline Yates! Caroline helps us beat out a Top Chef musical idea that Tom can pitch to Broadway and of course she REALLY wanted to talk about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 14 "Finale Part 2" so we did that too. Top Chef talk starts at 35:30. Check out Caroline in "Betty Blum" at the Flea Theater in NYC on March 18th. TICKETS ON SALE NOW! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Jamal had a little aviation accident the other day so you only get two amigos this week, but we've invited our good friend and person who has been to Awesome Con before, Steve Brown (Two Guys Into Fridays podcast) to help us finish filling out the application to Awesome Con. He also said he'd only help us with the form if we talk about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 13 "Season Finale Pt 1". Check out the Two Guys Into Fridays podcast. New episodes every Friday. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week the three amigos are joined by our good friend and human woman... in your face, haters... Ashley Everhart (Character's Welcome, Boogiemanja, Toronto Sketch Fest). Ashley couldn't wait to tell us about her Groundhog's Day Hog Feast during Chef's I Prepared For You and really wanted to recap Top Chef Season 6, Episode 12 - "Culinary Olympics" so we did that too. The Top Chef talk starts at 31:20. Follow Ashley on instagram - @ashleyceverhart And if you are in the NY area - checkout Ashley and Bryan's sketch team's show at Caveat on Feb 7th - BUY A TICKET! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week your three amigos are all by themselves, which is just the way we like it. Bryan shares the story of why we didn't put out an episode last week, we spend 5 minutes talking like a dolphin, and we recap Top Chef Season 6, Episode 11 "Strip Around The World". The Top Chef talk starts at 28:45. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week the three amigos invite our good friend Dillon Diatlo (Boogiemanja, College Humor, Above Average) to play a little Price is Right and talk about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 10 - " Top Chef talk starts at 32:45. Be sure to celebrate MLK Day and Jamal's birthday by heading over to colicchiocollection.com and using our EXCLUSIVE promo code PODCHEF10 (then delete the POD) to get 10% off your first order. That's PODCHEF10 (then delete the word POD and just submit CHEF10). Thanks Tom! You can find Dillon on all the social medias that matter @DillonDiatlo----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/ Check out Dillon on all the socials @DillonDiatlo

The three amigos fill out the first part of the 2023 Awesome Con application and recap Top Chef Season 6, Episode 9 - "Restaurant Wars". ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

It's a brand new year and we're doing the same old podcast... the one where we watch Top Chef and then talk about. But we're doing something a little different this week, we have our good friend Casey Hogan (Boogiemanja) on to help us talk about Top Chef S06, E08 "Pigs and Pinot" - you get it, right? Top Chef talk starts at 39:10! Also - Bryan continues his journey to being an anti-racist, we do the Batman voice a lot, and James and Sean Gunn call The Rock to let him know that they're not moving forward with Black Adam in the DC Universe. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week the three amigos handed the reins over to our good friend and returning horny guy, Charlie Visconage (@cavisconage). Charlie came up with an idea for a show and we said... why not? Well, we got shown up... Charlie invited Jeff Ray (@jeffrayfilms) and Matt Chaconas (@mattchaconas) on to the show to battle it out in a contest of original music and holy shit did they bring it! We were blown away by the talent and preparation these dudes brought to the show. It was incredibly hard to pick a winner, but we put our judges hat and did it.  We didn't talk about an episode of Top Chef this week, but you don't want to miss it! A Pod Chef episode for the ages! NOTE - we will be off next week for the holidays so we'll see you mother fuckers in 2023! Long Live Pod Chef! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

WARNING - The audio for this one is REAL bad. Sorry about that. We had some serious technical difficulties even getting this bad boy recorded, but we hope that doesn't stop you from listening to our FABULOUS conversation with Avishar Barua (@avishar) from Top Chef Season 18! Avishar was a total blast to chat with. He was super down to clown and was extremely patient with the issues we had at the beginning of the interview. Plus he's very honest and he thinks we are a very funny podcast, maybe even better than Pack Your Knives. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

We're taking a little break from interviewing Top Chef contestants to do a good old fashioned rewatch episode with our friend Farshad Khansari (Boogiemanja). Farshad wanted to watch and talk about Top Chef Season 06, Episode 07 "Dinner Party", so that's what we did! And we start doing it at 37:15. We share Tom's latest idea for breaking into Hollywood (we wants us to write a sitcom pilot for him), we visit the writer's room, and we name all the people in the MCCU. Check out the sketch team that Farshad is on with me - Big Apartment And check him out on Twitch - @falukun ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week we're joined by Roscoe Hall from Top Chef Portland! Roscoe shares what it was like to be sent home first the show, his journey to the kitchen, and his recent success in the world of art. Roscoe was an absolutely killer guest and great dude! Top Chef robbed the world of getting to know 'Scoe by sending him home too soon, so make sure you check out this episode! Also, Reaves had to miss the recording so Bryan had to step into second host... yeah, we didn't like it either. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

You know the three amigos had to bring it to you AGAIN with another FIRE interview with a chef from your favorite show, Top Chef! We were joined by the injury prone, "Dominican Don" himself - Chef Nelson German from Top Chef Portland! Nelson gives us the scoop about his time in the Top Chef bubble, what he's been up to since the show, and what it's like having to cook for the Top Chef judges with a fully busted knee. Chef Nelson was a blast to chat with. We know you'll love the interview. And make sure you check out his first website https://chefnelsongerman.com/ ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

First off - apologies if you wanted to hear Jamal talk about kale for 5 minutes because I cut it from the episode because the episode went long. But if I didn't cut it I might have put bird noises behind it anyway... It involved talk of broccoli and worms. With great power, comes great responsibility. The Top Chef talk starts at 36:00! And we watched Top Chef Season 6, Episode 6 "Penn and Teller" again... really creative title there. Also. we have a great time testing out the democratic process while voting in Chefs I Prepared For you, Bryan advocates for bullying, Liz gets closer to super fan status, and Jamal was the only person who cooked this week. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week you're rocking with all three amigos and no one else. It's a boy'sode! We're talking about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 5 "Camping"... and we start doing it at 36:00. Also - we have our closest game of "Chefs I Prepared For You" ever, Mike Isabella forces us to talk about the monkey again, we do cowboy voices, and we wonder why the audience picked cactus... instead of KANGAROO! CACTUS... INSTEAD OF KANGAROO! NATURE'S PITA! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

We have a real 3 Michelin Star episode for you this week, pod chef heads. This week your amigos are joined by tiny fish enthusiast and Top Chef contestant - Sara Hauman (@chefsara_h) for a good old fashioned interview. Sara was on Top Chef Portland - where she was known for her big laugh, love of yogurt, and tiny fish. We share an excerpt from Tom's Travel Journal, get the scoop about her time on Top Chef, what she's been up to since the show, and we play another round of Add Foam, De-bone, or Send Home... You won't believe the results! Follow Sara on all the social medias at - @chefsara_h And check out her tinned fish company, Tiny Fish Co. Slinging sustainable fish and dope merch - https://www.thetinyfishco.com ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week the three amigos are joined by our good friend Lauren Gabel who can't wait to talk about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 4 "Vivre Las Vegas" with us, but we make her wait until 29:15.  We also learn at the end of the record that Lauren has a bunch of food experience we didn't talk about, Jamal can quote the movie "Troy", Reaves can't talk, and Bryan shares some very funny Daniel Boulud facts he found on the internet. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week we're joined by improviser and friend Taylor Kniffin (@tkniffin) to talk about sailing, play a game of mind meld, and recap Top Chef S06, E03 "Thunderbirds". The Top chef talk starts at 33:30. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Let's get two things out of the way real quick -  1 - Jamal isn't here this week. 2 - Bryan's mic sounds bad, even though Reaves told him it sounded ok. Now that we've got that out of the way. The Top Chef talk starts at 27:05, sort of. This week you got two amigos, Bryan and Reaves, as Jamal misses his first recording ever, but don't worry we're still doing what we love to do watch Top Chef and talk about it... and this week we're talking Top Chef Season 6, Episode 2 - Bachelor/ette". Also we say the word horny A LOT, Bryan doesn't know the name of the episode, and we take a trip into the writer's room to do a commercial because we're improvisers and we can't help ourselves. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

If you don't like when we chop it up at the beginning... you're gonna wanna jump ahead to 37:40 when the Top Chef talk gets going. We're joined by our good and very funny friend, Annie Barry (@barryisscary), who helps us bust open a new season of Top Chef as we talk about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 1 - "Sin City Vice". We also spend... too much time talking about prom, we go over last season's report card from Tom, and lots of other good stuff. Check out Bandit Theater at https://www.bandittheater.org/ ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

The Top Chef starts at the 30 minute mark. We're back in NOLA BABY! We read two more excerpts from Tom's travel journal, we all take turns doing Christian Bale's Batman voice... pretty good, explore the inherent and outwardly spoken classicism in Top Chef, and we all wish Carla had won. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

The Top Chef talk starts at the 28 minute mark. We're talking Top Chef Season 5, Episode 13 "Season Finale Pt 1". In this episode Bryan shares about his struggles with curry, we read another insert from Tom's walkabout journal, and we get a drop in visit from our favorite white pastor the good reverend Han Gary. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

It's episode 100 of Pod Chef! And to help us celebrate this momentous occasion, some of our closest friends called into our voicemail box and left us VERY NICE MESSAGES! And even though we are celebrating, we're still talking about Top Chef, because we know you Top Chef heads NEED IT and IT starts at 41:45. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/